Wilsons new flagship

@daveyf wrote:

Try not to...

To you, obviously by now, but you're not the only recipient of what I tried to clarify, so perhaps others can come away with something here, and not just a confirmation of a bias against another segment of speakers that don't conform with the typical hi-fi speaker approach. 

Be well. 

@phusis -Thanks for your thoughtful response.

bill

@whart --

Sounds like a deal compared to a banana:

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/nx-s1-5199568/a-duct-taped-banana-sells-for-6-2-million-at-an-art-auction

Ah, it sounds like you got introduced to what a large horn system can do...w.r.t to raising the ceiling... You could even do that kinda thing with a Klipsch Jubilee...but, don’t use the trash active crossover sold by Klipsch. Use a Accuphase active crossover like a DF-75 with it or one of the used older models, if you want to save some cash. Go into it with a digital pre and you should be good to go.

I have a different approach to keep costs down these days...I like pro horns that aren’t marketed for home use, but, they can beat the daylights out of anything... like a pioneer xy-3b, it had some tad hands in it. Danley, electro-voice, etc make some cool stuff..You need large subs to go with such things, of course.

If you let audiophiles near anything, price will go up...So, it’s not a bad idea to look at pro markets that audiophiles generally don’t know about (In fact, audiophiles need to be chased away with a broomstick from the other realms if you want lower prices).

@whart wrote

@deep_333 - I dunno. I just heard a full on Klangfilm Bionor system in a very large room (34 x 20 x 12, roughly). It took what I considered to be a ceiling in music reproduction up several levels, and I’m no neophyte. Costly, yes. Hard to source, and maintain, absolutely. But, it was far different than the modern forensic sound, simply a big wave of sound, coherent, seamless and balanced from bottom to top, and called no attention to the machinery of reproduction. We were listening at levels far louder than I normally do and zero fatigue--it really is a different experience than a lot of what we think of as "ultra" hifi today.